Tire carrier



E. NOUINGHAM.

TIRE CARRIER.

APPLlcAHoN man FEB.3, 1921-.y

Patented. Apr. mgl-1922.-

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E. I. NOTTINGHAM.'

TIRE CARRIER.

APPLlcMIoN men FEB.3,1921;

Patented Apr. TITI9 T922.

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' EDWEN I. WONINGEN@ OF WASHWGTN, DISTRICT Ol? COJUIA.

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Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr,1 itil, 1922.

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Columbia, have invented certain new and 'useful llmprovemcnts in rllire Carriers; andl ll do hereby declare the ollowin to be a full, clear, and exact description of t e invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to rim and tire carriers, and more particularly to improved means for supporting spare tires and rims on automobiles and for locking the same in place, one object of this invention being to provide a strong, and simple structure for the purpose stated, in which the locking means shall be incorporated in and form parts of ythe supporting and clamping devices.

A further object is to provide simple and eilicient clamping devices for a rim and tire carrier, which shall be capable of easy manipulation and which shall be cooperable with lockin means to effectually and securely lock t e carrier to prevent possibility of unauthorized removal of tire and rim.

A further Objectis to provide a rim and tire carrier with clamping and locking means so, constructed and arranged as to be protected from accident or the 'effects of the Weather, and preclude possibility of being forced or otherwise released without the use of a proper key.

A furtherpobject is to so construct clamping and locking means for the carriers, that the use of jointed levers shall be obviated, and so that the various parts, including the lock per se shall not be separable, one from the other, but so that all of said parts shall comprise a complete and permanent structure.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in certain novel 'features oico-nstruction and combinations of parts as hereinafter set forth and pointed out in the claims. ln the accompanying drawings; Figure 1 is a view inelevation, showing the application of my improvements,w1th the parts in unlocked and released positions to permit removal of a rim and tire; Figure 2 is a sectional view of the structure shown in Figure 1, and in the same released positions; F1 'ure 3, 1s a sectional view showing the loc edposltions of the parts; Figure 4, is a detail view of a portion of the supporting bracket; Figure 5, is a detail perspective view of the clamping member and shoe attached thereto; Figures 6 and 7, are enlarged sectional views taken at right angles to each other showing the clamping and lockingdevicesf-both being shown 1n released positlons; Figure 8, is a view on the line 8 8, of Figure 7, and Figures 9 and 10 illustrate a modification of the locking means.

1 represents at one end with arms 2, 2, riveted to a fuel tank, 3, on an automobile, for supporting the carrier of which said bracket forms a part. The bracket may also be supported by a bar 4 passing through it and secured to the springV ofthe car. rllhe bracket 1 is formed at one end with a head 5 having a central opening 5a which may form one end of the bore of said bracket, and the bracket head 5 is provided with a depending arm (i. A housing 7 is secured to the bracket 1 by means of bolts or rivets 8, 9, passing through enlargements 10, 11, formed on said housing, and through suitable openings in the bracket head 5, and said housing is made wlth a depending arm 12, lying parallel with the pending bracket arm 6, and formed with a vertical guideway 13 for a purpose hereinafter explained.

The bracket 1 and housing 7, with their depending arms, cooperate to form a support for the rim engaging devices and for the operating and locking means for the same.

To the top of the housing 7, a tire-supporting frame 14 is secured preferably by rivets 15, made integral with the enlargements 10. This frame has a general triangular shape with its upper member 16, curved so as to be concentric with the axis of a tire to be supported. Arms or clips 17, are riveted to the curved member 16 of the frame' 14, and project therefrom laterally in both directions so as to be in position to engage and hold two wheel rims 18 with tires 19 mounted thereon as shown in Figure 2, or without tires as shown in Figure 3.

a tiibular bracket providedl outer wall o A rim-clamping bar or member 20, is

vertically movable through the guide-way 13 in the depending arm 12, of the housing 7, and to the lower end of said clamping member a transverse clip 21 is secured an adapted to engage the rims.- tion of the clamping bar or member 20 is located within the housing 7, and is bent to form an ol'set portion 22 forming two shoulders 23, 24, one above and spaced from the other, an enlarged slot 25.

A shaft 27 passes transversely through the housing and through the slot 25 of the clamping bar and to one end portion of said shaft, a collar 28, is rigidly secured, said collar having Aa bearing inthe inner end por# tion oi the tubular bracket l. The hub`29` of a manually-operable crank 30 is rigid with the outer endA of the shaft 27 (and may be made integral therewith if desirable) and has a bearin in a suitable opening in the said housing. The shaft 27 carries within the housinga cam 3l disposed between the shoulders 23, and 24, formed by the oHset portion of the clamping bar 20, so that when said shaft is turnedby manipulation of the crank 30, the locking baitl will be moved vertically to cause the clips 21 to engage the wheel rims to clamp the rims fin place or to cause said clips 21 to move away from the wheel rim and thus release the latter.

ln order that the clamping means shall be inoperable by unauthorized persons to release the rims, l provide simple and convenient means for locking the hand crank 30 to prevent rotation of the cam by which movement of the clamping bar is controlled. For this purpose, the depending arm 12 of the housing 7, is made with an opening 32 in which a lock 33, (preferably of the pin-f tumbler type) is secured and to the rotary member of this lock, a notched or hookshaped latch 34 is secured, said latch being adapted, when the clamping means are in unlocked position, to enter a recess 35 in the housing arm 12 as shown in Figures 2 and 7. rlhe hand crank 30 is provided with a recess 36 to receive the latch 34 and a pin 37 extends across said recess to receive the hook of the latch. 4.

It will be apparent that if the hand crank be moved fr'm the released position shown in Figures 1*, in Figure 3, the cam 31 will be turned to cause the clamping barL to descend and the clips 21 to engage thev tires as shown in Figure 3. The hand crank will become dis# posed alongside the depending arm 12 of the housingso that the recess 36 in said hand crank will align with the recess 35 in vsaid arm 12 and receive the latch 34.

will be observed that I when the parts are in locked positlon, the

hand crank will The upper porand said od'set portion 22 is made with- 2, and 7, to the position shown lie close to the. arm 12 of the housing and that when the latch of the lock enters the recess 36 and engages in pin 37 therein, the parts will be securely locked, and the locking devices will be concealed.

arran ed described, I may enclose a pad-lock 38 in a recess in the lower portion of a housing bracket 39 as shown in Figures 9 and 10, and the shackle 40 of this lock is adapted to v enter-an open slot 41 in a hand crank `30a when the latter is moved to the position shown in Figure 9, with the parts in the positions'shown in Flgures 9 and 10, the operator may grasp the shackle and move it Instead of employing a pin-tumbler lock and adapted to operate as above causing its hook shaped portion to engage a v cross bar 42 which extends across the slot 41 in the hand crank 30a, and thus lock the hand crank and the parts which it controls in locked position. c

Access for a key to the pad-lock may be had through slots 43, and 44, in the bracket in Figures 9 and 10.

arious changes may be made in the details of construction ofy my invention without departing from the spirit thereof or limiting its scope and hence l do not wish to restrict myself to the precise details set forth. l Havin fully described my invention, what l c aim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: 1. The combination with a support, and' a rim-engaging member carried thereby, of a locking bar entering said support and prof vided with rim-engaging means, a cam arm 6, and the locking bar 20, as indicated housed in said supportand cooperable with said` locking bar to move it longitudinally, a manually-operable memberfor operating said cam, and a key-operated lock housed in a part of said support and cooperable with said manually operable member.

2. The combination with a support, and a rim-'engaging member carried'thereby, of a locking bar entering said support and provided with rim-engaging means, a cam housed in said support and cooperable with said locking bar, a manually operable member for operating said cam, and means for locking said manually operable member to the support.

3. rl`he combination. with a support and rim-engaging means rigid therewith, of a locking bar having a part entering said support and provided in the latter with shoulders, a cam housed in said support and disposedl between the shoulders of the locking bar, tire engaging means carried by the lock-Q ing bar, a hand crank for operating said cam, and locking means between the hand of the support and adapted to cooperate with the keeper carried by said crank.

n testimony whereof, it have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

w EDWN E. NUTTNGHAM.

l Witnesses.: v

R. S. FERGUSON Gr. F. DOWNING. 

